Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1925 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more

Download & Play

Questions

Newspaper Page Text

V .X'PICKENS, S. C., THLURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1891. .NO. 28.
AN OLD llERO GONE.
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON DIES SUD
DENLY IN WASHINTON.
Record of .Hils Distinguihed Seryices
An Uonortfd and Able Conoutider
Commlssioner of Railroad" Until Ito
moved by IIarrison.
WASH INOTON, March 21.--Gen. Joseph
E. Johnson died shortly -after II o'clock
to-night at his residence on Connecticut
Avenue. The General has been suffer
ing for the past three weeks with an af
fection of the heart, aggravated by cold
caught soon after Sherman's funeral at
New York. li.; physician has been
trying .o keep up his strength for some
days, but his advanced age has given
little hope for his recovery from the be
ginning of his illness.
The General did not seem to suffer In
the least and wa:i conscious to the last.
At his bedside were ex-Governor Mc
Lain, of Maryland, the General's broth
er-in-law, and the nurse. The imme
diate cause of death was heart failure,
the result of fatty degeneration of the
heart, due in a measure to a cold con
tracted some weeks ago, but more par
ticularly due to extreme old age. At
times for about two years, General John
ston has shown uuistakablesigns of a
general brEaking town. IIis mind often
became bewildered so that lie could not
tell where lie was or how lie caine
there. Sone days after Sherman's fun
eral the General one night got up out
of the bed, while in a state of profuse
perspiration, which greatly aggravated
the slight cold with which he was then
suffering. This brought oi a severe at
tack of his old heart trouble, which com
pletely prostrated him. 11 is physician,
Dr. Lincoln, succeeded, hovever, with
much dilliculty, in arresting the disease
for a time, and for a day or two prior to
a week ago yesterday lie seemed to be
really improving. On tit day, however,
lie went down stairs without assistance,
as lie had doneo before, but it proved too
much for his streiigth,-and only with the
aid of Governor 3\cLaiii could lie again
reach his bed or even rise from the sofa
where h.o was sitting. From that timo
he contiiued to grow worse until about
6 o'clock this evening, when Dr. Lincoln
found himi perfectly comfortable and
apparently a litt.e better. While his
friends and attendants knew that lie
might pass away at any time, yet they
had had no warning that the end was
so near. Governor McLain entered the
room at a little after 11 o'clock, and as
lie approached the General's bedside, lie
heard an almost inaudible sigh, and the
General was dead. Gieneral Johnson's
nearest living relativo is a sister, ,Nrs.
Mitchell, who lives in this city. The
funeral services will be held in this city,
although the day has not been fixed up
on. The interment will be made at
Green Mount cemetery, Baltimo-e.
Gon. .Johinston was the last,save Beau
regard, of the six full Generals of the
Confederacy. .le was born at Cherry
Grove. Va., in 1807, and was graduated
from West Point in 1821, in the same
class with General Robert E. Lee. lie
was appointed Second Lieutenant of the
Fourth Artiliery, and first saw active
service in the field ini 1832 in the IlacK
IIawk Indian exoedit ion. lie was Dro
moted in 1836, and was an aide-de-camp
on General Winflield Scott's staff in the
Seminole var. Ite participated in all
the important battles connected with
General Scott's campaign in Nlexico,
from the taking of Vera Cruz to the
capture of the city of Mexico. IIe was
thrice brevetted for gllantry during
this war, and in 1318 was mustered out of
service as Lieutenant Colonel of volun
teers only to be reinstated by Congress
with his original rank of Captain of
Trypographlical Engineers. lie was
comnmissioned Quartermaster General
of the United States Army in June,
1860, but resignedl the following April
to enter the Confederate service in
which, as M1ajor General of Volunteers
he assisted General Lee in the work o
organizinyg, the men pouring into Rich
mond. Suibsequently lie was comm is
* sioned Brigadier General in the regular
Confederate service andl was placedl in
command at I larper's Feerry. le joimied
forces with I eauregard and remained
in eommnaid of the consolidated troops
until 1862. A t the battle of Seven l 'ines
he was wvounded and incap)itatedl for
duty for about six months. hlis next
service wasi: as commander of the army
of '"'"messeb and Ito employed the Win
t-- -803 in reorganizing lis command,
which han become demoralized by the
defeat at Mlissionary Rlidge. lIe was
relievedl of this command in Juely, 186 1,
by order of the authorities at Ilich
mnond General I hood succeedling him.
Early in 1865 General Lee again as
signed himii to te command from which
he had been relieved and ordered him
to drive back Sherman. General .Jolhn
ston urged Lee t o abanadoni Iichimnond,
join forces with him and light Shiernian
befoire G lrant could come uap, but L ee
,. replied that it was inipossible for him
to leave Virginia. As his fn':ce wais
small General J1ohnisont declined a deci
sive engagement and limg on Shmermman's
Ilanks,,annoying the latte- and imple
ding his march from Atlanta towards
Rlichimond as much as possible. Lee
surrendered at Appomattox and ,John
ston obtaining the consentt of I 'resident
Jefferson D)avis that the war should not
be further prolonged entered into nego
tiations with She::mmi. Th le f irst agree
mYent f ramed was dlisapproved by the
Feideral Governmeht, and on Apr-il 26
tI .e secondo agreement was5 conclutdedl.
General Johnseon, after the wyar, beeamne
successively p resident of a railroad
company in A rkanisas, of af expr'ess
company in Virginia and an lusuraiice
agent it Georgia. lie was elected to
Congress from the Richmond D)istrict
in 1877, and next saw - public life as.
Commissioner of Railroads, which of
fice he hold uinder President Cleveland's
adminjstration. lie had lived in this
city since lie lost his of lice under te
present administi-ation. In persont Gon
eral Johnston wvas a mian of sleinder
build,oi not moi-e tima medh-mm height
tand with a kindly, pleasant lce, ie
-was unobtrusive it manner and1( invari
- ly courteous to all persons with whom
he was brought in contact.
Gie. Johnston's Funeral.
WASIIINGTON, March 24.-Funeral
services were held at 11 o'clock Tues
(lay morning over the remains of the
late Confederate general, .Joseph E.
Johnston, at St. ,John's Episcopal
church. The services were of the sim
pleat character, no attempt at decorat
ing the church was made, and no flow
ers save a wreath of immortelles on the
. cofin.were visible.
TIhough the church was filled with
battle-scarred veterans there was not a
uniform visible to announce the fact.
The last great soldier of the civil con
flict was buried as a civilian, not as a
soldier.
Rev. Dr. Douglas, rector of St. John's
church, assisted by Rev. Dr. McKim,
the confederate chaplain of Johnston's
command, during the war conducted
the services.
Ile'read the lessan from St. Paul to
the Corinthians, after which the choir
sang the beautiful hymn: ".Just as I
am." Dr. Doug las then recited the
Episcopal burial service.
"Rock of Ages" was then rendered
by the choir, and the congregation
joined with fervor with the rector in
reciting the Apostle's creed and the
Lord's prayer, with which the services
closed.
There were few dry eles among the
aged, bowed veterans as the remains of
Gen. Johnston were borne from -the
church to the hearse by members of the
Confederate association of Washing
ton, who followed tne old veteran
throughout the war.
The procession to the hearse passed
through open file of Lee camp of Con
federate Veterans, of Alexander, Va.
Mrs. Mitchell, sister of Gen. Johntson,
was too old to attend the funeral. The
immediate family present was ex-Gov
ernor McLeon of Maryland, and his
son; Dr. George 13. Johnston, of Rich
mond, and Mrs. Susan Taliaterro.
Then came representatives of the
Confederate association of Baltimore.
The remains were conveyed to Balti
more on the 1.30 p, m. train.
ITALIAN IN rEAFERENCE.
A Tople of Guamip in Diplomatic Circles
in Washington.
WASHINOTON, March 25.- -In diplo
matic circles speculation is going on as
to what will be the outcome of the re
cent massacre in New Orleans so far as
the United States and the Italian Gov
ernments are concerned. Several eve
nings.ago a party of gentlemen, comu1
posed of two foreign representatives to
this country, a prominent official of the
State department, and two naval ofli
cers were discussing the subject of re
paration by this Government. Opin
ions differed widely as to the ineans to
be employed in bringing about a settle
nmit satisfar!tory to both Govern
ments. The State department ollicial
appeared to take a im-re serious view
of the situation than any of his con
pan ions, and he predicted that "we have
not heard the last of this matter vet."
AfV er explaining that Italy has the
third largest and most for mitdable navy
in the world. he astonished his hearers
by offering to wager a supper at the
club for the party that within three
weeks one or more Italian war shipQ
will be at the nmouth of the Mississippi
River. ills language had a semi-ofli
cial flavor, with just enough mystery
about it to create the impression upon
hishearers that he knew considerably
more on the subject than he cared
to talk about. The inference 1i
that Italy is greatly incensed at
the "slaughter" of her people in
New Orleans, and will demanl
heavy indemnity or know the reason
why. There is a conservative element
among the Italians who take a less
warlike view of the situation and pre
fer that nothing should be lone hastily
calcnlated to disturb the friendly rela
tions bet.ween the two Governments
and they will go to any reasonable
length to avoid a conflict. This feeling
is said to be due to the interest Italy
takes in the coining World's Fair, in
honor of the memory of "Christofo
Columbo," so dear to every Italian
heart. If an amicable settlement is
reached the World's Fair will probably
play an important part in the negotia
tions.
T1hie foreigners present maintained a
(i nilled silence dluring the discussion,
only joining ini when it was necessary
to correct the American idea of certain
European customs. T1he naval oflicers,
while admitting that italy has a for
midlable navy, were not willing to con
cedie that she could come over to our
shores and frighten us into any conces
sioni she might suggest. New Orleans
would naturally be the point of attack
should Italy assume a warlike attitude,
for it was there the alleged outrage
upon01 hei' citizens occurred. Consider
lng the peculiarities of the Alississippi
liver at that, point, it is said the Itail
tau cruiseris would encounter great (dff
flculty in overcoming such obstruc
tions ans thme United States army andl
navy could1( set up. So long as this wvar
talk is confined to the club ?ooms and
Simiilar retreats thea e is but little dlan
ger of thme t wo Giovernents con. ing to
gethier ini battle arramy.
Ly nchu Law in Induuiana.
Siil nmY VILLE, ind., March 25).--Yes
terday a tr'amp) named Phil D)oughterty
entered a imniber' of houses wher'e the
men happened to be away, diemandling
that hot coffee aVrd dinner be furnished
him. Ilie abumsedl the women whenever
they r'efusedl to comp~ly. R. D). Flaitz
heard his wvife cry f'or help, and getting
a revolver' starmted alter D)ougherty. iIe
placed D)oughmerty under arrest just as
lie had kicked downm the (door of Mr.
lisnsminuger's house.
Last nmght a mob of over five huindred
men surroundeld the jail where he was
locked up) and de'manded the prisoner.
Tihie sheriff refused, but as the oflicer
was takinig the prisonier through the
back alley lie was seized by a mob, who
took him to a bridge, when a ro was
Placed arond( the t ramp's neck. Some
memb)ers of thme mob begged that his life
be spared, and the lash be suibsiitutedi.
A bout thirty persons were p)rovidedl
with cowhides, and( each one plied the
lash across the man's almost bare back.
Ile begged for life, and every stroke
seemed to bring fresh blood until his
shoes were filled. Finally he was cut
down, exhaustedl, but with sti'engthi
enough to get oy.
Married by the Governor.
COtUMnIA, S. C., March 25.-The ex
ecutive mansion was last night the
scene of a brilliant event and the govern
or oficiated for the first time as a par
son---is new role. The mansion was
extensively illuminated, and at 8 o'clock
t,he governor united in the holy bonds
of wedlock by a cival ceremony Mr.
.Joseph F. Bennan, of Atlanta, Ga. and
Miss Rebecca Cecilia Wolfe, of Winns
bore, S. C. The bride was accompanied
to Columbia by her mother, her brother
in-law,Mr. Ulyses P~. Desportes and hi.
wife, her sister, Mrs. James N'. Rion
and daughter, all of W4nnsboro. The
bride is a lovely young Jewems, while
the groom is a young Gentilo-a pto
gressive-business man of the Gate city.
---The Stat..,
THE PHOSPHATE WAR.
LATEST MOVE IN THE FIGHT FOF
COOSAW'S TREASURES.
Mr U. It. Brooks Appointed Temporar.
Beceiver.-The Effects of the Appoint
ient on the Injunction of tine United
States Court.
CoLUM11A, M.irch 21.--The Coosaw
business has taken a rather interesting
turn. Governor Tillman received this
alternoon the following dispatch, dated
at Aiken:
U. R. Brooks has been appointed
temporary feceiver. Ile must come
down on the South Carolina Railway
this afternoon and we will all meet him
at Branchyille. Telegraph your reply
to ine. Y. J. Pope, Attorney General,
Governor Tillman answered that Mi
Brooks would go, and he went. Duc
notice will, of course, be given when the
motion to make the receivership perma
nent will be heard. It is understood
that the present receiver will take pos
sess!on as receiver and after advertise
ment for bids to go to work will let the
successful companies iD. It was not
explicitly so stated, but there is a notior
that the United States Court injunction
will be ignored, "as it cannot apply in
the new case." The State's receiver is
a diferent person from any of the phos.
uhate commissioners, considel ed as B.
I. Tillmnan, W. 11. Ellerbe, Y. J. Pope,
J. 1). Montgomery, or W. I[. Walter,
as they are naned in the bill of injunc.
tion.
As aul persons are enjoined from en
tering Coosaw it will be interesting tc
note whether, when the receiver goe8
into the forbidden land, lie will be ar
rested by the United States marshal or
whether he will arrest the United States
marshal.
it ought to be very oasy to understand
now that Attorney General Pope did not
go to Newberry yesterday.
A GENERAL SURPRISE.
The Coosaw question is daily growing
more complicated. The case presents
some new phase almost daily. Even
the lawyers interested in the case are
not surprised at the frequent changes in
the question. Injunctions an( orders
are getting to be of frequent oc:urencc,
and no one will be astonished to hear ot
another order in a few days.
The new feature of the Cot saw drania
was added ,esterday at Aiken In th<
Court of Clhambt rs, when Judge Aid
rich appointed a temporary receiver t<
take possession of the bed of the Coosaw
River opposite to south of Chisolin's Is
land.
Attorney General Pope and Mr Geo
S. Mower,'who represent the phosphatc
commissioner, were in Aiken yesterday
and made the application for the receiv
ership.
The Coosav people were entirely un
aware of the movements of the repre
sentatives of the commission. They
had no idea as to the next move, al.
though they expected something would
be done. Mr Augustine T. Smythe,
counsel for the Coosaw Company, was
'in Greenville yesterday, and the other
counsel of the company were surprised
when informed of the appointment of a
receiver. The true inwardness of' the
last move on the Coosaw chess board is
not fully understood yet.
T,,e temporary receiver is Mr U. It.
Brooks, of the Secretary of State's ollice
at Columbia. The following is a copy
of the oflici.'il order
"On hearing tihe compllaint herein and
on motion o1 the IIor. Y. J. P'ope At
torney General of tine State of South
Carolina, it is ordered:
"1. T1hnat tine dlefendants, tihe Coosaw
Mining Company, show cause, if any
they can, beif ore me at Aiken, South
Carolina, at Chambers, on Tuesday, 7th
April, 1891, at 12 midi-day, why they
and all persons claiming under them and
their servants, agents, ornicers and em
p)loyees should not be enjoilned and res
trained until the hearing of this cause
from in any wvay digging, mining or rc
moving tine phnosphnate rock and phos
phnate deposits ini tIne bed of tine Coosaw
River and every part thnereof andi from
attempting to digelmine or remove tine
same or any part theref, and( from inn
terfe.ring with, obstructing, hindering or
preventing or attemptinhg to interfe~re
withn, hindler, ob)struict or preveint any
ageint of the plaintiff or person thereto
b)y tine plaintill' or saidl boardl of' phnos'
phiate comimissioners authnorizedi, fr'om
dligvoing, inng ' n rmoving tine same.
Amnd why a tit and propner person should
not be app)loinitedi as receiver to take pos
seasson of' tine bedf of' tine Coosaw Rliver
opposite to and1 southn Oi Chnisolm's is.
land( with tine unsuail)powvers of receivers
in suchn cases, peinding tine final determi-i
ination 0f theCse pr'oceediings.
2. Thait in tine menantime and umntil
tine hearing hnereb)y ordieredl tine said1 (eC
fendents, tine Coosaw Mining Company
and thi'ir servan Ii:, agents oflicers and
emplloyees, be and they are hnereby en
joined fromn in any way dligging, mining
or removimg tine p)hosphiate rock aind
phnosphnatic dleposits in tine bed of thec
C'oosaw River ans aforesaid and from dig
sing, mimimi or removmng andl attemphtogis
to dig, nuine or remove .thne same or any
p)art thnereof, atnd from inter':ering wi'hi,
obstructing, lunderiing or pr'eventinng or
a ttemp)tihng to interfere w itin obstruct,
indter or pr'evennt any agent of' tine
plainitifl or penrson thereto b)y tine p)lainltifh
or tine sai.l boardt of' p)hosphate com
mnissioner's authorized from (ig sing, mnin
ing a11n emnoving tine samie.
3. It is funrthner ordered that U.,.R.
Brooks b)e and Ine is hereby alppoimnted
temporary re:eiver of all tine Coosaw
River phosphate territory lyinng opp)osite
to and south of Cnisom's Ishandi withn
Line usual powers of receivenrs in such
cases to take possession of, hold andl 0c
cupy the samne sub'ject to tine ordlerof this
Court. and( that lie make a rep)ort to thnis
Court of all his actings anid openhings
thiereundler.
4. It is ordered f urthner that a copy of
this ordier b)e forthwth servedI upon
tine presidenit, or chief manager, or other
principal oflicer of san(d Coosa'y Mining
Company.
Coosaw matters are so very complicat
ed that thnose who are n..t interested in
thue case do not venture an opinion.
A Rennrter aw Mr. Iaot, of the iron
of McCradv Sons & Bacot, who are en
gaged in the case. lie was very much
surprised at the proceeding. At that
time it was thought the receiver was for A
the co upany. Mr. Bacot s ild: "One
thing is certain, we had nothing to do
with the appointment of a receiver. It
must be wholly on the part of the phos- 4
phiate commissioners and iPs licensees.
I can say most positively that the move
was not in behalf of Lhe Coosawv Coi
pany. I expect you will find it was based
upon some action of the phosphate coi
missioners. Nothing that is now (one
surprises me. The Coosaw Company is
in no financial trouble, as the appoint- t
ment of a receiver iight possible indi
cate. At the proper time and place the
matter of the receivership will be a
throughly tested."
Receiver Brooks arived in the city last o
night at 11 o'clock from Columbit. IIe e
positively declined to be intcryiewed or t
to give any information regarding his t
appointment. IIe said that he would be r
in the city for several days on personal L
buisness. Receiver Brooks would not (
answer any questions whatever about
the matter.
Attorney General P1opc was expected
in the city last night, but lie did not ar
rive.
HOW IT IS PROIPOSED TO VoRK.
It is said that under the new situation
in Coosaw River if the privileges to
mine under Receiver Brooks are accept- N
ed the arrangements will be something I
like this: The parties mining for the c
State or otherwise will pay all expenses V
out of the sale of' rock aid deposit the
forfeit in bank to await the legal
determination of the suit between Coo
t
saw and the State. If Coosaw wins
Coosaw will get the money in bank; if
the State wins the proceeds will he
turned oved to those entitled to it. but
for all the ro .k mined the State will, as .
usual, (-ets its e t of royalty just as it t
would if there was no suit.
TWO STRICKEN CITIES.
Pittwburg and Alleghauy Sufaerfug From, r
an E,idumic of U.a Grippe.
P.TsnUl, Pa., March 2-I.-From a (
street joke grippe has hecome generally t
a dangerous disease. The death rate
has increased to a great extent, and this
month will break the record by the
alarming increase of 50 per cent. ClOs
ing at noon, 723 deatls have occurred in
Pittsburg and Alleghany in twenty-four
days of this month. Thirty-eight deaths L
have been reportel within the last
twenty-four hours, and many, no I
doubt, have not been reported. Tie
direct causes given on the certificates
are grip, influenza, pneumonia, typhoidt
fever and diphtheria. From the last
named diseases, one death per day has
occurred within the past three weeks
at thelIomeof the Friendless alone. In
the two cities there were lifty-one fun
erals last Sunday, and there was not
one-half enough hearses to go around.
Respectably covered wagons are used,
and carriages are daily at a premium.
In one large clothing house twenty
three clerks are laid ofl fwith influenza t
which is daily growing more severe, and 1
now numbers victims nearing the 5,000
mark in the city and suburbs. Physi
cians are overworked, and some have as
high as forty and sixty cases of grip
alone. It is estimated that over 1000
are suffering with grippe in the tow'vns -
along the Fort Wayne road. At Belle- t
vue and Western 13ellevue over 200 L
cases are reported, some of which are of '
a very serious nature. At Emsworth -
and Ifaysville there are over 100 cases. 9
There are also many cases in Sewickly
and it is estimated1 tha~t fully 500 peco- s
are confined to their homes. Reports r'
from all other towvns result in somewhat '
similar though none1 are so ahllictedl as
this city.
Special from Canton, Ohio, says Miss
Kate Detweller a handsome young t
lady of 24 years, hung herself last night. t
She0 hIad been suffermng from a severe a
attack of grippe and while delirious g
from fever suicided. tl
Needy Kmasa. Farmers. g
Tor0IEi(A, Kansas, March 21.--The rail- o
roadl commissioners have made their r<
first tour of examinlationl in ten of the tl
Kansas counties, for which mIoneQy was lI
applropriatedl to pulrchlase seedI graiin, c
and have returned to this city. it is es- p:
timatedl that 20,000 bushels of spring t<
wheat will supply sed to those whlo ri
standl in most urgent nieed. Th'lere were tl
310 applicants for aiid t.o Jludge Hlumph- t1
rey, at Ilayes City, in Ellis County. t<
Arter examination J1udge Illmphrey C
found only twenty wvho were in actual r
need from thle State. Grahmam, Sewvard I
and Meade counties yet remain to be il
visitedl. The~ comm Iissionlers dleclare t hat I
thle people are iinluch bietter codldit.ioln d
thlan thley were reported to bet. I-:x-(ov- (I
erinor Anthiony stated tha lin the11 couni-a
ties which lie visitedi whiet hiad got into a
hands of tIle money leiiders, who were
demndling theoir pound1( of Ileshm. TIhaese
meni furnish farmers with seedl wheat
nuder a contract which oliigates thle
farmers to give oine-thiird of their crops
in paymieint.
Thmreautelning Maias, h
from Texas says that the New Orleans
Matins are send(ing thireatingt letters to ii
persons who have expre'ssed a disap- t,
proval oi their mlethlods. As a result ofd
his free expIression of the conviction d.
that the New Orleans killing of the k4
Mafia members was right. Johni L ong, a
wealthly ando promlinent citizenl of' 110s.
toil, is in receipt of' a letter pur'porting ~
to have been siLZnedl by the Maila aulthJor- I
ities, waring htiim to keel) his mIouith ~
shut or lie wvill be donle for., it is writ- "
teni ini redl inik with the customary skull
and cross8 bGnes as the Intenit of the h,
wirng, !!
Suffering in Monitana.
S'r'. PAUl., Minn., March 20.--Ad
vices from Cut Unk, Mont., the pr'e- hi
seint terminus of' the Great Northern G
Extension, stat,e that the heavy storm Sl
of m.x weeks ago totally suspended wvork ci
of all kinds, throwing 2,000i meni out1 of (I
cmp)loyment. A lairge inmber of' the 54
men started to traverse the deep snow h
to bommit, 110 miles further West, and
many perished from cold and explosuire. t
The re.cord so far is seven f'rom freezing, g
while larg,r numbers had aims and legs h
frozen. It is also certain thait a great c~
many have perished of wvhom no traces p
have been found, and whose bodies have a
made food fr wolves and coyotes. b
CAPTURE OF IQUIQUE.
TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION AND
BLOODY STRUGGLE FOLLOWS.
Over W2,000,000 Worth of Property De
streyed-The City Heavily Bomibarded
and Abandoned--Revolution Threnteus
Serious International Confilets.
PANAMA, March .25-The English
ronelad Warspite arrived at Callao,
larch 1st, from Chillian ports. From
hose on board some details have been
btained of the events which followed
he capture of Iquique by the rebels
nd the first fire which caused the de
truction of property valued at $2,000,
00. It appears that when the rebels
aptured the port the government
roops took up positions at some dis
ance from it and held themselves in
eadiness to attack the city. The re
els returned to the! vessels, leaving
nly some ifty mien in charge. The
roops soon heard of this and marched
ni the place soi 200 strong, under
'olonel Soto, They reached the vicin
ty at about 6 o'clock in the morning
iid fell in with a guard of sailors.
iriag commenced and the fusilade on
hore .(ed the ships to promptly open
ire. Tnie Bianca, Encalada, lIsmeralda
md Iuascar used their heavy guns,
vhile the transports kept their mitrail
enses busily employed. A tremend
'us 'iistruction followed and at 10 a. m.
fire broke out in a nitrate warehouse,
vhichi was extinguished by the fire
irigade. At 3.30 p. i. another tire
>roke out and this imo the efforts of
he firemen proved utseless, and the
lames spread until the whole central
tart of Iquique, where the best stores
rid buildings were situated, was in
uins. LI) to the With, when the War
pite jeft i(iiii,tie t lie ruins were vet
urning.
Tihe fight which resulted in the lire
ras a bloody tragely, and it would
aye been muore prolmiged had it not
en for an arrangement, having been
eaclied by the chiefs of t he two parties
Id tinder which the opposition leaders
ngaged to pav Colonel Soto C-10,0) to
istribute aiong his men who were
hen Ito joi the rebwls. Under this
rrangement the government troops
haindoned their armis at)d soon (1i
ersel. Subsequiently Colonel Soto was
r-rested and setit on board the Aniazo
as, accused of having distribtite(l only
1,000 among his men aid having re
ained the remaining %i.),(00.
'l'lose on board the W arsi)ite had also
een infoi med that Colonel lobels had
,000 of Balmaceda's troops on the pai
>as, and that it vas possible they would
gain attack Iunique, in which port and
ts vicinity the revolutionists stated
hey had 3,000 men. They were, how
ver, short of ammunition, but, were ex
lecting some by a steamer by way of
dagellan Strait.
I (uique is completely abandoued and
til the inhabitants have taken refuge
m an island where they had previously
ween stationed. Pisagua has been
tbandoned by the populace. The In
endent of Iquiquo sought refuge on
he Warspite, and subsequently left in
he cable steamer Silvertown for Val
araiso. The report is confirmed of a
ght at San Francisco in which Gener
1 Vidagran was killed, and the rebels
ere defeated.
In the fight at Iquique on the 19th,
bout 200 persons were killed. Some of
lie number lost their livos through
heir own im)pridence. The office of
he daily newspaper, Vos IeChete,
hich supported the governimeht, was
ucked and burned. The Warspite
ave passage to Callao to 115 perso:s
f difterent nationalities. 'The Frenichi
teamship Ville (1e ielfast, whirh ar
ived at . quique, reports that800) killed
nd1 woundeltd were the ouitcoiie of the
ght on thle Tarapaca pamlpas.
Th'e ELima i)rairo said on February
5th: "The present revolution in Chili
ircatensto result in serious interna
onal conflicts. Peruvian territory has
Iready been violated bly the Chillian
overnment troops, and now ',e learn
sat government troop)s with provis
mii and am munition have occupied po
itioins inside1 the Argentine liiis and
n the roadl to Mondosa. A report
eachied l'anamna March 'ith, that when
se forces of Valparaiso tired on the
ilancoencalada, killing several of her
rew, the commandIng oflicer solicited
ermission from the shore authorities
> bury them andl that the answer hie
aceived1 was: "That lie might bury
tem in the sea." The com mander of
le Blancoencalada thereupon referred
> the captain of ther Majesty's shlip
hampton, and the latter significanttly
plied: "R{equiest mue to bury them and
shall (10 so." Thew retiuest wats accordl
igly formally made. WVheroupion thle
iritishi comnmander had the Chlihan
enrd on the steamier I;akeii aishiore uin
er the priotectioni of the lI ritisht flag
udi buiried with duie iiitairy hioiors ini
rave h(ile haid ordeur( 41 prepart td for
To Save tier (Iwn L.ife,
1)1:KNA i, Ih iti Couiinty, 'Texa~s,
,Iiarch 24.-Mm i. W atts, a frm haind on
hie pulantation of .I. Ml. We'zmsermi, liv
rig li fteen iiles from this place, told
is wi fe on arising froim his bed yester
ay~ mtorinig, thaiit shte hiadt only ai short
iiie to Iive', andi( r'commeniidedl(( that she
natke peace' with the Al mIghity. lie
rel:ired that he had made tip his mind
mu kill tier, and that its soon its he was
resed lie would1( car ry (out his' murF
erouis in tention. 'ITe poor womiin,
1n0Wing ther desperate character of her
lishand1(, decided t hat tier onily hope for
fe lay in adtoptinrg tdespetratl m ieaiis
erselfI. She according,ly went to the
rood pile, arid arinbg herself with the
xe, stole cautioirsly into the house,
ndl while tier husband wits engaged in
ting hIs shoe, she creput up behinrd him
nd( split his head in twain, killing him
istanit ly. She was arrestetd and held
bonds for trial.
A (Germnl Flenid.
A L.TOONA, Pa., Marclh 24.-Satuirday
st, Christian Letierg, at middle-agted
erman, went to the house of ,John
5)id(t:huber, 01n Foturth avenure, this
ty, and after playing with the chiil
'en a while, caught up a five-year-old
mn and seated him on the top of a red
>t stove. T'he child's screams brotighit
me brother to its rescuie, but it was
idly burned, a piece of. flesh stIcking
the stove. Lei berg escaped, and was
at see.n again until this morning, when
a slipped into the house and agalin
uught the child and attempted to re
eat the cruel act of Saturday. A
eighbor came to the rescue and Lei
rg was antured.
THE SONG OF THE SOUTH.
The Report of the Tradesman for the
First Quarter of 1801.
CHATTANOO A, March 25.-The
Tradesman's report of new industries
established in the Southern States dur
ing the first three months of 1891 shows
a total of 853, against 837 for the cor
responding pmriod of 1890 and 612 in
the corresponding period of 1889. The
figures for the quarter show a healthful
and steady growth in the South's ma
terial development.
During the three months there were
established in the South six agricul
tural implement works, six barrel fac
tories, twelve boot and shoe factories,
(comparatively a new industry in the
South, only two having been established
in the first quarter of 1890, and one in
the flrst quarter of 1889,) three brew
eries, one bridge works, two car works,
ten carriage factories, forty-five cottov
and woollen mills, (which is somewhat
below the number in the corresponding
quarter of 1890, but the distribution is
general, Georgia leading with twelve,
3outh Carolina eight, Texas seven, anti
nearly every other Southern State be
ing represented;) fifty-eight large devel
opment and improvements companies,
Texas leading with twelve, Alabama
ten; thirty-one electric light companies
organized, twenty-two flour and grist
mills, forty-seven foundery and ma
chine shops, against forty-three in 1890
and forty-five in 1889, Texas leading
with tenl, Virginia nine and the balance
equally distributed; nine blast fitrnace
companiieq organized, against twenty
two in the same perfed of 1890 and
seveiteen in 1889; seven gas works or
ganized, twenty-eight ice mantifactur
ing plants, fifty-three mining and. quar
rying companies incorporated, four nail
works, eight, oil mills, against twenty
one for the corresponding period of
O90; five potteries, one rolling mill
company, lifty-three street railroad
lines ineorporated, twelvo tanneries,
thirty-two water-works chartered, 141
wood-working plants and seventy-nine
mliscelbl1m1eous indust ries.
Tho phosphate excitement, in the
South is showmi by th& fact that thir v
two ne.w companies were oriranized
duiring the quarter, Dine of which were
formed in Fiorida.
The extraordinary activity in rail
road builliig in the South is show ing
the fact that during the three months
iiiiety-thrve new railroad companies
were inciorated, of which thirteen
were in Virginia, thirteen in North
Carolina, twelve in Georgia, t,,n iu
Alabama, seven each in West Virginia,
Texas and South Carolina mad cleven
in Teniessee.
Thc' Tradesman says that present inl
dications point to continued activity
in the South in all industrial branches,
and the ensuing year gives more flat
tering promise of substantial develop
iment in manufacturing growth than
any previous year, the most gratifying
feature of this being the diversified
character of the new intdist,ries.
A Terrible Adventure.
)A Nn'RY, Conn., Maceli 19.-Two
young hunters, Charles W. Barnett, and
Andrew Deibel, both of them living in
Mfasetbe, started early yesterday morn
ing to liint in time swaips about three
miles from th0e.r home. In crossing one
of many dee) streams inl the swam),
D)eibel dropped hisguin, which struck onl
the log on which the ietnii were walking.
The charge entered Barnett's hip, rCni
derimg him li ielples.s.
)eibel, inl attemptiing to grasp the fiallen
gun, lust hiz balance and fell inl the
stream. iIe was unable to1 gto-ras the
log, and couild not elimi the bank. Bar
unett., in i s dlisab)led1 condition, coul ren
dIer no assistance, The wiater was cold,l
andI De ibel toldl his coin -anion th at un.
less aid was summoned lhe would have
to let go his hold.
liarnetIt then started her thle nearest
farm house, hiobbinig along~ on impllrovised
crutches. Thme nearest house to t.he
swamp was nearly two miles away, hut,
thec injured man imnaged to reach it and
iinform the inmates oh the pred(icamenlt
of his companion. IBarnctt then tainited.
II, was 1fully twvo hours from the time
that Blarnet., started when help arrived.
l)uibel was found clinnging to the hank,
with his body ini the coldl streami. le
was almost exhausted. lIIe was renmoved
to his home, where lie now, lies, dhelir
ions with fever. IIe is very weak from
expIosure. and his recovery is do ubtf ul.
Barnett cannot live, owing 1o great
loss of blood.
An Army of Itlaliaun Av~enagers.
Chr mCAmo, M~arch 21.- -A spiecial to
the Tntecr-Ocean froam Ot.ta-.a, ( )nt.,
says: The Inter- Ocean corresp)ondtent
umet Antonio Scarpelli, a contr'a -tr anid
leading l ight among Italian ini 'his
district in thme railway ticket (ollice here
totdaiy, in<tujlirling the ica r to( New ( )rleans.
lie mad e no secret of the the t htat d e
hada last night recei ved a he tter fri at
prflo,imien t I tal ian residing ini the State of
I 'ennusyl vania , askinug if lie wouhl eni
dlea vor to secure all the talians po ssibl)1e
to joini ini a miove men t 'v hikh is beinig
o)rganfizedl to avenge the recent, muride'r
of thir countrymnen at New Orleans
next, month. TJhie name of tis corres
lptonident , or the city ini wich h le residets,
lie refuses to disclose. The letter .n
t'mrmed Scarpell i thamt it, wa -proposetd to
ral-e ani army o)f 1.000 Italians, prom
ises havimt been received from I aly that
I 4,t0) staind of arms woultd be senlt to
theim I tat numberict of men were raisedl
im the i mt: blates antI Canada to
miarch aga:mst thme Crescent City.
No Mto Rtunaiway Jloratns.
(C1 meA(io, March 21 .-The many
sidedh utility of electricity to modern
ntecessiLies was impre sed upon a large
crowtd to-dlay in an exhibition of its ap
plication to stopping runaway hlorses.
It is a coummon "you touchl the button"
contrIvance an(d was invented by a liv
ery man. Beneath the driver's box a
t.wo volt uJattery s locate,m. .rrmn which
is transmitted( a current aonl! the l'nes
to the horse's nose andi can be operaltd
easily by the driver or any one in the
carriage, in the test to-dlay a runaway
team were thrown upon their haunches
instantly. In addition to this (Ievice
for stopping runaway teanms the inven
tor has made an electric stimulator ior
starting lazy or balky horses and giv
ing them "style." Ti'us is opperatedl
thirouigh the lines also, the current being
applied to the horse's sides by copper
plates in the back hand.
THE RACE PROBLEM.
STATISTICS WHICH SHOW THAT IT
IS SOLVING ITSELF.
The Colored UP !o Ifis Not Hold Its Own
in the L1st Decade-The Whites Have
Iicreased More itapidly Since 1830=
No Perceptible Northwartl Moement.
\VAsHINGTON, March 25.-Superin
tendent Porter of the Census Bureau
has in preparation an important bulle
tin giving the population of the South
Atlantic and South Central States, Mis
souri and Kansas by races. The total
population embaced in this count Is
given as 23,875,259, of which 16,868,205
were white, 6,996,166 colored and 10,888
Chinese, Japanese and Indians. In the
States included were found in 1890 fif
teen-sixteenths of the entire colored.
population of the United States, so that
lor the puirpose of inmediately ascer
taining the percentage of increase of
the colored Population the returns of
hese States are ade<nato and not likely
to be muaterially affected by the returns
of other Stat.(s anI Territories where
the colored population is small.
'fThi abnormal intrease of the colored
I)o)llatioIi in what is known as the
"black belt." during the decade ending
lSM), led to the popular belief that the
negroes were increasing at a much
greater rate Ifhan the white population.
l'his error we a naturd one, and arose
f rom the liffictilty of ascertaining how
mu'ch of the increase shown by the
tenth census was real and how much
was du to the omission of the census
of 1870. The facts as ascertained sus
tain the theory that the high rate of
increase in i e growth of colored popu
lation as sh6 wn ini 1880, was apparent,
not, real, and that it was due to imper
feet emimeration ii the Southern
States in 1870. During the past decade
the colored race has n3ot held its own
a;aiisL the whites in the region where
thle climiale and conditions are, of all
those which the country affords, the
b1 st suited to its development. In only
three le':des, that from 1800 to 1830,
during a part of which time the slave
trale was in progrcs., has the colored
rave(. increased more rapidly than the
whites. Since 1S30 the whites have
steadily increased at, a more rapid rate
Ithan the colored people. This increase
has not, been effected by the aid of im
miugration, ior, with ttie exception of
Kainsas and Missouri,these' States have
recei ed coi parativelv few emigrants,
either from fort-ign uountrics or from
Northern States. .-itmilarly the pro
piortion of colored inhabitants to the
white increased -omewhat between
1IM and 1I30, but since that time it
has steadilY diiinished. In 1830 when
the proportion wats at, its maximum
there was nearly six colored Inhabit
ants to. ten white, but this proportion
has been redtuced to a trillo more than
four at the present date or by nearly
one-third of its amount. The delicien
Cies of the ninth census, says Porter,
are so apparent in this table that any
extended reference t.o theim is wholly
ilineef,sarY. The following table gives
the preseit white and colored popula
tion of the several States under consid
ation:
White. Colored.
A I ahanIa.........................;0,791; 681,431
A rkaInsas .............8 1,517 311,227
Delawar........... .....139,429 29,022
District of olullllia.......154,352 75,927
Flori(la..................224,41 166,678
eor*gia........ ..... ...97.,462 86:,710
. s ................. ......t,374,882 51,251
Ketueky ..............1,585,52 272,981
I Allishia....... ........5r54,712 562,893
M arylami..... ................. 24,149 218,004
N i,sssIppi ......... ......5.......39,703 747,720
Missotri .............2,524,-68 1 4.131
Noih CarSiolina....... ,0-19,1 91 ,7
South Carolina..............45s,4504
''e nlnessee ...... ......, :2,97143,0
Virginia. .1......... 014,6(1 60,6
'1'otilo.........~,s8,25 0,0220
To ge, Ile locl poulati 75ofthes
State 2,51 Chnese 1(M .l 166n,67an
5,2(1 1111 iais souldhe aded ,o7th
511115 0' th ~vhIto nd clor 51,2p51a
t272,981
Severl tabes ar give 5whic ,sho
the (((1veiio'ii ofthe olord elmen
of tle lol)tltston urin thel 7st7al
('E'lt.llry. Ii lIspC'tiol ofthe ,able
i, e V o i tgi l(...... ...... .7p9,ar to 3,508
lst. atei'58 thanine, .aans aurng
stn fthe wecd hee bedcoloed popuea
tileSo lir movement of the colordelmn
(etItl ury. Ant fnseriom o the r tabtes
naes ts vi odenay the bulle,hatc
where hes been io uetede proortward
atent tof whis. eleet thne Sthes
tiln of(( 'tltertii bar ided winth
t' exceptiond of th)istrict of Columia
bi,i thea bordtr iginia apperth havo
lust, rate!r Thananesd, Mndsuri
aned elenens,fom the od Sttea
ino, tho'ea bordrigthe glf, arti
arlyPi inouisissippia anl Arkasas.
wlwr. Noey hv increased pofteion
whie tho the colres. Lelet twSas
unte consderaet.in te divided ino
these groups the irt compriingelao
wartie wary3nd, prct whil Cthuntboa
lir.gnoa, te ViniabteCro oore-t
13.d pe cnsas, whilte IseceonSout grou
th (lirstlofhesegop from 1880' to 7,1,o
only 5.5 per' cent. InThe isterore,o
wheritbes 31terden., wholthad of
the colored peole 19.1percent. no he
o,vr00,0 whastesldiine bewn
188tale 18r0 from) 26,f' to 23,088,eor
from tern. whideri ttte secolnd glroupi
ing diiniso he fr o 8h,46 t3es1 or
oly r.per icet. Threif thefore,o
A ecpil Teribl y T ouhwadeo
the olore peopl, whch, by- oren
powerfl Sa rslt ed' mi ai g ace
norae proprtionth ohftt nlemenkt
from the brveer bae loned prod
Instintl kildtwo of the m ten a
moe aksid tincreascu of! colee
mentro thnr ey th o hiebs fhi
A'nl w werrdiseTmbowled;oe. a
bo bacdlmnen occurre almt Lyn'
shat. The ourmes of the bucet were
thes bck, Nftel hean ooplete
fhos. McCandler and Fred. A. Miller. t